A day in the life

Today was a day like any other. I got to work early to try to get ahead of the never ending world I like to call healthcare. No matter how overwhelmed or stressed out I am there is always something or someone there to put a smile on my face though.

As always I was greeted by "A" sitting outside my office yelling at his cane, but quickly looked up to let me know that “the man had been in my office & had taken some of the papers." He then went on to let me know that today was Halloween. Hint! Hint! I thought. So I asked him if he was at my door to trick or treat which he thought was pretty funny and then promptly said “Yes I am!” He’s my little chocoholic. After getting his chocolate bar he informed me that he had left me a check for a “million trillion dollars” in the pillowcase at home & not to forget that it was there. He then proceeded to head back down to his room to make sure that “the man” had not taken any of his papers while he was gone.     ~“A" is schizophrenic.

As the day went on like clockwork “BOB! BOB! Where the hell are you at BOB?” Oh! Must be about 3pm. “D” spends every day looking for “BOB!” her husband that has passed almost 20 years ago. After the usual hour or so of yelling for “BOB!” it got pretty quiet which was somewhat surprising for her at that time of day. I was informed by one of our therapist who had went in her room to put away her roommates splint that “D” was in rare form. The therapist had knocked on the door to announce herself and “D” had told her to “Come in! Don’t mind us. Bob & I are just making love. Bob says Hi.”     ~”D” has Alzheimer’s Dementia

LOL! God I love my job! ~